ICC T20 World Cup 2014 GK Questions

Twenty20 World Cup 2014 Quiz Questions with Answers

1. Where was Twenty20 World Cup 2014 held?
Ans. Bangladesh

2. What was the result of India vs Pakistan group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. India won by 7 wickets.

3. What was the result of Sri Lanka vs South Africa group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. Sri Lanka won by 5 runs.

4. Who was fined 15% of his match fee for public criticism of umpires for their decision to keep the game going after the first lightning strike during England vs New Zealand group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?

Ans.  Stuart Broad

5. What was the result of Australia vs Pakistan group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. Pakistan won by 16 runs.

6. What was the result of India vs West Indies group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. India won by 7 wickets.

7. Who were all out for 39 against Sri Lanka in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. Holland

8. By how many runs did South Africa defeat New Zealand in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. 2

9. Who scored 116 runs for England against Sri Lanka in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. Alex Haley

10. By how many wickets did India defeat Bangladesh in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. 8

11. By how many runs did South Africa defeat England in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. 3

12. Who scored 111 runs for Pakistan against Bangladesh in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?

Ans.  Ahmed Shehzad

13. India scored 159 runs against Australia in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014. How many runs did Australia score?Ans. 86

14. Who scored 60 runs for India against Australia in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans.  Yuvraj Singh

15. Who had bowling figures of 3.3-2-3-5 against New Zealand in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. Rangana Herat

16. Who scored 42 runs for New Zealand against Sri Lanka in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. Kane Williamson

17. By how many wickets did Australia defeat Bangladesh in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?

Ans. 7

18. West Indies scored 166 runs against Pakistan in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014. How many runs did Pakistan score?Ans. 82

19. By how many runs did Holland defeat England in group match in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. 45

20. Who defeated West Indies in semi-final in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. Sri Lanka

21. Who scored 40 runs off 23 balls against West Indies in semi-final in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. Angelo Mathews

22. Who defeated South Africa in semi-final in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans.  India

23. Who scored 72 runs off 44 balls against South Arica in semi-final in Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans. Virat Kohli

24. Who won Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans.  Sri Lanka

25. Who was the Player of the Tournament of Twenty20 World Cup 2014?Ans.  Virat Kohli



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FIFA 2014 GK Questions

1) 2014 FIFA world cup was the ..... FIFA World Cup?

Ans. 20th

2) Which country hosted the FIFA World Cup 2014?

Ans. Brazil

3) The FIFA 2014 was held from __ to __?

Ans. 12th June to 13th July

4) Brazil had earlier hosted FIFA WC in which year?

Ans. 1950

5) How many countries participated in the FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. 32

6) Name the two new technologies used for the first time at a World Cup in 2014?

Ans.  Goal-line technology and vanishing foam for free kicks.

7) When was the first FIFA World cup held?

Ans. 1930

8) Name the countries which have so far lifted FIFA WC since it's starting in 1930?

Ans.  Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Uruguay

9) Which was the first team to be eliminated from FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Spain (the champions of 2010 WC)

10) Germany lifted the FIFA WC 2014 defeating which team in the finals?

Ans. Argentina (By 1-0 margin)

11)  Which team became the first European team to win a World Cup in the Americas?

Ans. Germany

12) Germany's win marked the first time that sides from the same continent had won three successive World Cups. Who were the earlier winners in 2010 and 2006?

Ans. 2010- Spain & 2006- Italy

13)  Germany qualified for which tournament winning the world Cup?

Ans. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

14) First match of FIFA 2014 was between?

Ans. Brazil and Croatia

15) Who scored the first goal of FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Marcelo of Brazil (It was a self-goal which earned Croatia the lead in the 11th minute.) But at the end Brazil won the match 3-1 with Neymar scoring 2 goals and Oscar one.

16) Who was the referee in the opening match?

Ans. Yuichi Nishimura from Japan

17) Who was the referee in the final match?

Ans. Nicola Rizzoli from Italy

18) Total how many venues where there for FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. 12

19) Which stadium hosted the final match between Germany and Argentina?

Ans. Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro       

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20) Which was the official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup?

Ans. Adidas Brazuca

21) Brazuca was manufactured in which country?

Ans.  Sialkot, Pakistan

22) Which country reached their first quarterfinals since 1986 in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Belgium

23) Name the two first-time quarterfinalists in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Colombia and Costa Rica

24) Which country set a World Cup record with four consecutive semi-final appearances in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Germany

25) Who beacme the first player to appear in four World Cup semi-finals in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Miroslav Klose

26) Miroslav Klose broke whose record with 16 goals to become the highest scorer in the history of FIFA 2014?

Ans. Ronaldo

27) Which team secured third place in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Netherlands. The defeated Brazil 3–0 in third place play-off.

28) Germany and Argentina faced each other in how many WC finals?

Ans. Three (1986, 1990 and 2014)

29) Who was awarded the Golden Boot for scoring six goals in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. James Rodríguez of Colombia. He was followed by Thomas Müller- 05, Lionel Messi, Neymar and  Robin van Persie with 04 goals.

30) How many goals were scored in FIFA WC 2014 in total?

Ans. 171 goals by 121 different players.

31) How many self-goals were there in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. 05

32) Which player was suspended during FIFA WC 2014 for nine international matches and banned from taking part in any footballing-related activity (including entering

any stadium) for four months, following a biting incident on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini?

Ans. Luis Suárez of Uruguay

33) Who scored the two hat-tricks of FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Thomas Muller of Germany and Xherdan Shaqiri of Switzerland

34) Who won the Golden Ball in FIFA 2014 as best player of the tournament?

Ans. Lionel Messi of Argentina

35) Who was awarded the Golden Glove for best goal keeper?

Ans. Manuel Neuer of Germany

36) Who was given the Best Young Player award in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Paul Pogba of France

37) Which team won FIFA Fair Play Trophy?

Ans. Colombia

38) Which country will host the next FIFA WC in 2018?

Ans. Russia

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FDI hike in insurance to 49%

The Union Cabinet approved the proposal to raise the foreign direct investment, FDI, in insurance sector to 49 per cent, from the current level of 26 per cent. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech, earlier this month had proposed to raise the cap. The proposal to raise FDI cap has been pending since 2008 when the previous UPA government came up with Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill to hike foreign holding in insurance joint ventures to 49 per cent. The BJP had earlier opposed it, saying it may not have the desired effect and could expose the economy to global vulnerability. The insurance sector was opened to private players in 2000 after the enactment of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Act, 1999.

Latest Chief Ministers & Governors Indian states

Chief Ministers & Governors of Indian States

S. NO	State and U.T.	Chief Minister	Governor
1	Andaman & Nicobar	U.T.	A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor)
2	Andhra Pradesh	N.Chandrababu Naidu	Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan
3	Arunachal Pradesh	Nabam Tuki	Nirbhay Sharma
4	Assam	Shri Tarun Gogoi	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
5	Bihar	Jitan Ram Manjhi	DY Patil
6	Chandigarh	U.T.	Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator)
7	Chhattisgarh	Dr. Raman Singh	Shri Balramji Dass Tandon
8	Goa	Shri Manohar Parrikar	Margaret Alva
9	Gujarat	Anandiben Patel	Shri Om Prakash Kohli
10	Haryana	Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda	Shri Jagannath Pahadia
11	Himachal Pradesh	Virbhadra Singh	Urmila Singh
12	Jammu and Kashmir	Omar Abdullah	Narinder Nath Vohra
13	Jharkhand	Hemant Soren	Dr. Syed Ahmed
14	Karnataka	Shri K. Siddaramaiah	Konijeti Rosaiah
15	Kerala	Shri Oommen Chandy	Sheila Dikshit
16	Madhya Pradesh	Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Ram Naresh Yadav
17	Maharashtra	Shri Prithviraj Chavan	K. Sankaranarayanan
18	Manipur	Shri Okram Ibobi Singh	Vinod Kumar Duggal
19	Meghalaya	Mukul Sangma	K. K. Paul
20	Mizoram	Pu Lalthanhawla	Dr. Kamla Beniwal
21	Nagaland	T R Zeliang	Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
22	New Delhi	Arvind Kejriwal (resigned)	Najeeb Jung (Lieutenant-Governor)
23	Odisha	Sh. Naveen Patnaik	Shri S. C. Jamir
24	Puducherry	Shri N. Rangasamy	Ajay Kumar Singh (Retd. Lt. General)
25	Punjab	Shri Parkash Singh Badal	Shri Shivraj Patil
26	Rajasthan	Vasundhara Raje	Margaret Alva
27	Sikkim	Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling	Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
28	Tamil Nadu	Sushree J. Jayalalithaa	Konijeti Rosaiah
29	Telangana	K Chandrasekhar Rao	ESL Narasimhan
30	Tripura	Shri Manik Sarkar	Shri Vakkom Purushothaman (Additonal charge)
31	Uttar Pradesh	Akhilesh Yadav	Shri Ram Naik
32	Uttarakhand	Harish Rawat	Aziz Qureshi
33	West Bengal	Km. Mamata Banerjee	Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi
34	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	U.T.	Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)
35	Daman and Diu	U.T.	Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)
36	Lakshadweep	U.T.	Shri H. Rajesh Prasad

Cabinet Ministers and Portfolios 2014

Cabinet Ministers

Narendra Modi – Prime Minister, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space, All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

Rajnath Singh – Home Affairs

Sushma Swaraj – External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs

Arun Jaitley – Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence

M Venkaiah Naidu – Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs

Nitin Gadkari – Road Transport and Highways, Shipping

D V Sadananda Gowda – Railways

Uma Bharti – Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Najma Heptullah – Minority Affairs

Gopinath Munde – Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation

Ramvilas Paswan – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Kalraj Mishra – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Maneka Gandhi – Women and Child Development

Ananth Kumar – Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ravi Shankar Prasad – Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice

Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati – Civil Aviation

Anant Geete – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Harsimrat Kaur Badal – Food Processing Industries

Narendra Singh Tomar – Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment

Jual Oram – Tribal Affairs

Radha Mohan Singh – Agriculture

Thaawar Chand Gehlot – Social Justice and Empowerment

Smriti Zubin Irani – Human Resource Development

Dr Harsh Vardhan - Health and Family Welfare

Ministers of State

General (Retd) V K Singh – Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs

Inderjit Singh Rao – Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), Defence

Santosh Kumar Gangwar – Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Shripad Yesso Naik – Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge)

Dharmendra Pradhan – Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)

Sarbananda Sonowal – Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)

Prakash Javadekar – Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs

Piyush Goyal – Power (Independent  Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)

Jitendra Singh – Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space

Nirmala Sitharaman – Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Finance, Corporate Affairs

G M Siddeshwara – Civil Aviation

Manoj Sinha – Railways

Nihalchand – Chemicals and Fertilizers

Upendra Kushwaha – Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation

Radhakrishnan P – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Kiren Rijiju – Home Affairs

Krishan Pal – Road Transport and Highways, Shipping

Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan – Agriculture, Food Processing Industries

Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava – Tribal Affairs

Raosaheb Dadarao Danve – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Vishnu Deo Sai – Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment

Sudarshan Bhagat – Social Justice and Empowerment

India - States and Union Territories

India has 29 States and 7 Union territories States: 1. Arunachal Pradesh 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Assam 4. Bihar 5. Chattisgarh 6. Goa 7. Gujarat 8. Haryana 9. Himachal Pradesh 10. Jammu and Kashmir 11. Jharkhand 12. Karnataka 13. Kerela 14. Madhya Pradesh 15. Maharashtra 16. Manipur 17. Meghalaya 18. Mizoram 19. Nagaland 20. Orissa 21. Punjab 22. Rajasthan 23. Sikkim 24. Tamil Nadu 25. Tripura 26. Uttar Pradesh 27. Uttarakhand 28. West Bengal 29. Telangana Union Territories: 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2. Chandigarh 3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 4. Daman and Diu 5. Lakshadweep 6. Delhi 7. Puducherry